Lukas Hornicek signs for Newcastle from Braga on five-year deal

[p]The 24-year-old, who made his senior international ‌debut in May, signed for a ‌reported fee of €30.6 million.[/p][p][b]"The last few days ‌have been an emotional rollercoaster from ‌when I first heard about the move, and now I'm so happy to be here," [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hornicek-lukas/4xGGcozp/"]‌Hornicek[/a] said in a statement.[/b][/p][p][b]"It's a ⁠brilliant opportunity ‌in a new league, which I'm very excited ​about. From the very first moment I arrived here, I received a ​fantastic welcome and really felt the warmth of the club. Everyone has been ⁠brilliant in helping ​me settle in.[/b][/p][p][b]"I know [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/newcastle-utd/p6ahwuwJ/"]Newcastle[/a] is a huge football city, with 52,000 fans at St James' Park creating an incredible atmosphere ‌and pushing the team every game. I can't wait to play in front of them."[/b][/p][embed guid="1993ab38-404f-4b50-9190-5af9c904774a" url="https://x.com/NUFC/status/2084187521139740898" social-type="twitter" /][p]Hornicek arrives after a strong campaign with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/braga/dpUer7ht/"]Braga[/a], helping them reach the Europa League semi-finals, keeping seven clean sheets - the most by any goalkeeper in the competition.[/p][p]He joined Braga on loan from Czech ‌club [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/fk-pardubice/Ys4YYBPn/"]Pardubice[/a] in 2019 before making ​the move permanent and establishing himself as ‌first-choice goalkeeper in 2025.[/p][p]Hornicek earned a call-up to the Czech squad for the World Cup in North America but did not feature as they exited ⁠in the group ⁠stage.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/news/transfer-news-live-tracker-updates/8QqUWm3n/"]Follow all the transfer news with Flashscore.[/a][/p]